Cartoon of armouries in 18th century

Megan Dunmall

Megan Dunmall is Library and Collections assistant at the Royal Armouries Museum based at the Tower of London.

Biography

Megan completed a BA in History and English at the University of York, during which she worked at York Minster as part of a team of reception staff. She then spent a couple of years working at the Borthwick Institute for Archives as an Archive Assistant. In 2008-2009 she completed an MA in Archives and Records Management at University College London. After completing the MA she took up a post as an Archivist at Canterbury Cathedral Archives, working on cataloguing projects and undertaking various group visits and outreach ventures.

Megan is currently working on digitising images from the collections and helping to develop and improve onsite archive and library services at the Royal Armouries, Tower of London.

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The iron lady of India

The most famous 19th century female warrior was the Rani of Jhansi who recruited female gunners and troopers. She was often seen in the palace gardens controlling her horses with the reins between her teeth and a sword in each hand.

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